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5 datasets found

  • Precipitation since 1864

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    These maps show the distribution of precipitation in Switzerland since 1864, both as annual, seasonal, and monthly totals for individual years and as standard values averaged over...

    Last updated: January 1, 2020

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  • Extreme Point Precipitation

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    The maps on extreme point precipitation describe the precipitation depths for rare heavy precipitation events under current climatic conditions. The analyses can be presented for...

    Last updated: January 1, 2022

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  • Plate 8.7 Vulnerability of Groundwater Ressources

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    The term «vulnerability» refers to the sensitivity of a system in relation to a harmful external influence. In the case of groundwater, vulnerability is defined as the exposure to...

    Last updated: January 1, 2007

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  • Mean Precipitation throughout the Alps 1971–2008

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    The present maps show the distribution of long-term mean precipitation in the Alpine region 1971–2008 for a a calendar year, the twelve calendar months, as well as the four...

    Last updated: January 1, 2018

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  • Mean Annual Evaporation 1973–1992

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    The present evaporation map was first published in the Hydrological Atlas of Switzerland in 1999. For the digital version of the atlas, these values will initially be used, since...

    Last updated: January 1, 1999

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